Chapter 228: Ho-oh Descends!
The price of the Water Fire Eevee was still continuously rising, now approaching 10 billion.
In this world, there is an unspoken rule that once the price of an auction item exceeds 10 billion, the bidding will no longer be based on money, but on Pokémon Secret Treasures.
“Five Pokémon Secret Treasures!”
“Six!”
“Seven!”
“The value of seven Pokémon Secret Treasures isn’t even 5 billion, why is the bid price getting lower?” Lu Li asked, confused.
Yao Yifei explained, “How could that happen? The seven Pokémon Secret Treasures in the bid mean 10 billion plus seven Pokémon Secret Treasures. Once the bid exceeds 10 billion, that 10 billion becomes the default price.”
Lu Li nodded thoughtfully.
This unspoken rule was still quite favorable to those noble families, after all, newly emerged wealthy families couldn’t produce that many Pokémon Secret Treasures.
In the end, the bidding price for the Water Fire Eevee was 10 billion plus eight Pokémon Secret Treasures.
What kind of concept was this?
No matter which family obtained these things, they could be called a wealthy family.
“Too crazy.”
Lu Li sighed softly.
…………
Even Qu Suxin, far away in Nandu, felt a chill upon hearing this outrageous auction price.
Although the Qu Family could produce these things, it would definitely hurt them deeply, and it would take them several decades to recover.
Just as Qu Suxin was shocked by this outrageous bid price, a familiar phone ringtone sounded.
Qu Suxin quickly answered the phone.
“Lord, bad news!”
Qu Suxin said with a dark expression, retorting, “I’m fine. Speak directly.”
“According to news from the intelligence department, we have discovered Ho-Oh flying towards our Southern Region, and it seems to be heading to Deep Blue City.”
Crack~
The handset in Qu Suxin’s hand cracked.
Forcibly calming the emotional fluctuations in her heart, Qu Suxin gritted her teeth and said, “Are you sure it’s Deep Blue City?”
“Based on Ho-Oh’s flight trajectory, It will definitely pass through Deep Blue City, but as for whether the final destination is there, we don’t dare to confirm.”
“I understand.”
Qu Suxin hung up the phone with a gloomy facial expression, then picked up her phone and dialed another number.
“Immediately send people to transfer our supplies from the Deep Blue Black Market, the faster the better!”
“But this will have a big impact…”
“At this time, don’t worry about any impact. At all costs, go do it now!” Qu Suxin interrupted directly.
Most of the storefronts in the Deep Blue Black Market belonged to their Qu Family. If the Deep Blue Black Market was really destroyed, the greatest loss would absolutely be theirs.
After hanging up, Qu Suxin roared with a distorted facial expression, “Rainbow Hero!!! You really deserve to die!”
Now she could almost confirm it: Ho-Oh was definitely coming for the Rainbow Hero.
Gardevoir had once said that the Lord of Shadows lurked in the Rainbow Hero’s shadow, and the other party must have discovered those two Eevee at the auction.
The Three Sacred Beasts were transformed from Eevee; this legend wasn’t any secret.
The only thing in the Deep Blue Black Market that could attract Ho-Oh was those two Eevee.
But…
Was it necessary?
Weren’t they just two Eevee? Marshadow would even report something this minor.
Qu Suxin didn’t know what Ho-Oh would do to Deep Blue City when It arrived, but transferring the supplies first was definitely the right move.
To be safe, Qu Suxin quickly made another call to Lu Li.
“Little Pudding, what I’m about to say next is very important. Listen to me.”
Lu Li, who had answered the phone, heard Qu Suxin’s serious voice and quickly replied earnestly, “You speak.”
Qu Suxin said seriously, “Ho-Oh is flying towards your location. I’m not sure if Its target is the Deep Blue Black Market, but I suggest you leave the Deep Blue Black Market immediately.”
Lu Li: “…”
After hanging up, Lu Li looked helplessly at the Water Fire Eevee, his mouth twitching slightly.
Before, he had been guessing which Divine Beast the Pokémon inside that Water Fire Eevee came from.
At first, he thought the genes in the Water Fire Eevee came from Volcanion.
After all, Volcanion was the only known Water and Fire dual-attribute Pokémon.
But now it seemed he had still underestimated those people’s technology.
The Divine Beast Cells in the Water Fire Eevee weren’t from one Divine Beast, but from two! And they were Suicune and the Flame Emperor’s!
It wasn’t strange that Ho-Oh would come knocking.
Having figured out the cause and effect of the matter, Lu Li stood up and reminded, “Sister Yao, we need to leave here quickly.”
Yao Yifei looked puzzled at the nervous-faced Lu Li and asked, “You’re not watching the final auction?”
Lu Li shook his head resolutely and said, “If we keep watching, we’ll lose our lives.”
Hearing that staying longer posed a life-threatening danger, Yao Yifei was even more surprised.
“What’s going on?”
Lu Li: “This place will soon become a venting ground for a Divine Beast.”
The not-so-foolish Yao Yifei instantly guessed the reason.
Yao Yifei appeared even more urgent than Lu Li: “Then let’s hurry and go.”
“Everyone! Next, we are auctioning a Fairy and Psychic dual-attribute Eevee. We have named it the Starry Sprite!”
“According to testing, the Starry Sprite possesses qualifications above Master Level!”
“Starting bid is 10 billion and one Pokémon Secret Treasure. Each increment cannot be less than one Pokémon Secret Treasure.”
“Above Master Level?”
The entire auction instantly fell into an eerie silence.
No wonder this Pokémon was the finale. It seemed the person behind these two Pokémon was aiming to befriend the Qu Family, but why didn’t the Qu Family directly take this Starry Sprite?
A youth with a Yao Yi appearance spoke up and asked, “Can we send someone up to personally check this Pokémon’s qualifications?”
The host nodded without hesitation, “Yes! The Yao Family can send a representative to check this Starry Sprite.”
“Then I’ll go.” The Yao Family Young Master volunteered.
“It’s him?”
Yao Yifei, who was preparing to leave, stopped in some surprise and glanced at that Yao Yi youth.
Seeing this, Lu Li asked curiously, “You know him?”
Yao Yifei explained, “The Yao Family Young Master Yao Yi, a trainer whose talent and ability are no less than mine, and he hasn’t wasted his talent.”
“Looks like you quite admire him.” Lu Li teased jealously.
“What virtue!”
Yao Yifei rolled her eyes at the jealous Lu Li, then raised her eyebrows teasingly, “This Yao Family Young Master likes men, especially those talented young lads.”
Lu Li shivered. No wonder that unlucky kid had such a feminine appearance; turns out he was a bottom.
“Let’s hurry and go. If we don’t leave now, it’ll be too late.” Lu Li urged Yao Yifei to leave quickly, as if there was something dirty here.
Yao Yifei nodded, but the two didn’t leave directly; after all, they still needed to pick up the Dratini Pokémon Egg.
After spending about ten minutes putting the Dratini Pokémon Egg into the Space Ring, Yao Yifei said with a somewhat anxious pretty face, “This auction is so inhumane, requiring so many procedures.”
“Alright, let’s leave first.” Lu Li didn’t complain along with Yao Yifei.
In the elevator, Yao Yifei suddenly reminded, “By the way, that little girl from the Yu Family seems to be in Deep Blue City too. Do you want to call and remind her?”
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?” Lu Li asked puzzled.
Yao Yifei countered, “Would that little girl be suitable to follow us?”
Lu Li was speechless.
Yao Yifei said, “Hurry and call to remind her.”
Lu Li nodded, dialed the phone, and asked directly, “Lili, are you at the Deep Blue Black Market right now?”
Yu Lili’s tone carried some excitement as she said joyfully, “Yes, I’m just strolling the black market with two new friends I met.”
“Come to the Sylveon Hotel immediately. We need to leave the Deep Blue Black Market quickly.” Lu Li reminded.
Hearing the anxiety in Lu Li’s tone, Yu Lili quickly asked, “Did something happen?”
“The Deep Blue Black Market will become extremely dangerous next, even more dangerous than the last Grand Festival.” Lu Li emphasized.
Upon hearing this, Yu Lili’s facial expression changed, “Got it, I’m coming right away.”
For Lu Li, Yu Lili trusted him almost unconditionally.
After Yu Lili hung up, Qu Gang nearby pretended to be concerned and asked, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
“Deep Blue City will become very dangerous next. I advise you to leave quickly.” Yu Lili said with a serious expression.
“Ah? What threat?” Li Zhi, a bit naturally airheaded beside her, asked blankly.
“I don’t know the specifics, but it’s very dangerous. I have to go first. You should leave quickly too.” Yu Lili waved carefree and turned to leave.
As for whether Qu Gang and Li Zhi would leave?
That was no longer her concern. After all, she had already warned them. If these two insisted on courting death, she could only respect their destiny.
Li Zhi complained, “Girls are such trouble. We were having fun, and she just up and left.”
Qu Gang stroked his chin thoughtfully, “I think her warning makes sense. Should we leave first?”
“Deep Blue City doesn’t even have a Pokémon Secret Realm. What danger could there be? You have to trust the Alliance.” Li Zhi said in a tone like a young man preaching to love the Alliance.
Qu Gang didn’t speak, but gave Li Zhi a meaningful look, then complained inwardly, “This isn’t about trusting the Alliance or not. It’s you I don’t trust!”
Could the Rainbow Hero really be this ominous?
Qu Gang had already started imagining his tragic future.
If a disaster really happened next, and it was brought by Li Zhi, his aunt would definitely skin him alive.
Seeing Li Zhi unwilling to leave, Qu Gang didn’t dwell on it.
So what if there was real danger? Ever since traveling with Li Zhi, he had already prepared himself mentally to face any disaster at any time.
At the doorway of the Sylveon Hotel.
Yu Lili waved her right hand from afar and shouted, “Lu Li! Over here!”
The jogging Yu Lili was covered in fine sweat, panting as she asked, “What exactly happened? I ran over right after hanging up. I didn’t arrive late, did I?”
Yu Lili also saw Yao Yifei coming out of the restroom and quickly greeted, “Hello, Yao Museum Master.”
Yao Yifei nodded.
“We’ll talk about the specifics after we leave here first.” Lu Li had no intention of explaining directly.
Just as these three left the hotel and were about to release a Flying Pokémon, a terrifying pressure suddenly enveloped the entire Deep Blue City.
At this moment, divine might was like a prison!
Almost all ordinary people involuntarily prostrated on the ground, and even some trainers had their knees bent by this terrifying aura.
Yu Lili’s face was pale as she looked up at the sky, stammering a reminder, “Lu Li… the sky is falling.”
The originally pitch-black sky was dyed with rainbow colors, rainbow glows continuously seeping down from the clouds and scattering over the earth.
As the clouds parted, a shining big-mouthed… ah! No, it was Ho-Oh with its rainbow brilliant wings.
Ho-Oh’s phoenix eyes coldly overlooked the Deep Blue Black Market below.
“I… I… holy shit!”
Qu Gang looked at Ho-Oh in the sky in terror.
It’s over…
At this moment, Qu Gang had only one thought in his mind.
If Ho-Oh had come in person not to cause destruction, it would be fine, but if It was here to destroy…
Qu Gang didn’t dare imagine further, because he had already pictured himself being hung up and whipped.
“How are you so accurate, you guy!” Qu Gang turned resentfully to look at Li Zhi, who was full of excitement beside him.
Li Zhi pointed at Ho-Oh in the sky and shouted excitedly, “Xiao Gang, look! It’s Ho-Oh.”
Ho-Oh glanced at the excited-faced Li Zhi from the corner of Its eye.
“Very good, the Rainbow Hero hasn’t gone astray.” Ho-Oh was quite satisfied inwardly, but this satisfaction was quickly overshadowed by anger.
Because It had also sensed that aura and read the tragic memories of those two little ones.
“Divine Cult… this evil organization still exists after three epochs.” Ho-Oh was also somewhat surprised inwardly.
It had slept for two epochs in the sacred Secret Realm, originally thinking this treasonous Divine Cult had long disappeared in the river of history?
Unexpectedly, this pile of dog shit was still around, harming Eevee and even eyeing the power of Divine Beasts.
Angry as It was, puzzled as It was, some things still needed to be handled first.
Terrifying Psychic instantly enveloped the entire Deep Blue Black Market, and the huge auction house on the seventh floor was forcibly uprooted from hundreds of meters underground by Ho-Oh.
With a massive crash, the entire auction house began to shake violently. Those still frantically bidding were shoved around like by invisible giant hands, stumbling and unable to steady themselves.
The huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows emitted shrill cracking sounds amid the violent shaking, and decorations in the private rooms fell one after another, smashing onto the floor like raindrops.
This sudden change left everyone in the auction house panicked and flustered. Some released the Pokémon from their Poké Balls in fear, while others were protected by their Pokémon, but their faces were filled with fear and helplessness.
The air was filled with dust and panic.
“Damn it! Teleport can’t be used, we can’t get out!”
“Fuck! Even the doors are forcibly sealed, we can’t run!”
People shouted desperately, some cursing the culprit behind the attack on the auction house, others cursing why the Qu Family had turned the auction house into a cage.
